Monometer

In poetry, a monometer is a line of verse with just one metrical foot.

Example

Monometer can be exemplified by this portion of Robert Herrick's poem "Upon His Departure Hence":^[1]

Thus I
Passe by,
And die:
As one,
Unknown,
And gone.

See also

• Trochaic
• Foot (prosody)

References

1. Works of Robert Herrick Vol 1 ed. Alfred Pollard, Lawrence & Bullen 1891

External links

• Upon his departure